Donald Petrie (born April 2) is an American film director and actor.
Life and career
Petrie was born in New York City, the son of Dorothea (née Grundy), a television producer, actor, and novelist, and Daniel Petrie, a director. He is the brother of writer Daniel Petrie Jr.
Petrie began his entertainment career as an actor, having trained and graduated from California State Northridge as a theatre major. Petrie soon was appearing in many television episodes. In 1980, Petrie decided to shift his focus to directing when he was accepted as a Fellow at the American Film Institute.
Petrie has acted and guest-starred on television programs since 1976.
Filmography
Film
- Mystic Pizza (1988)
- Opportunity Knocks (1990)
- Grumpy Old Men (1993)
- The Favor (1994)
- Richie Rich (1994)
- The Associate (1996)
- My Favorite Martian (1999)
- Miss Congeniality (2000)
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
- Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
- Just My Luck (2006) (also producer)
- My Life in Ruins (2009)
- Atlantic Gold (2013)
- Little Italy (2018)
- The Last Resort (2027)
TV movies
- Why on Earth? (1988)
- Turner & Hooch (1990)
- Country Estates (1993)
TV series
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Episode(s)
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|rowspan=2| 1985
| MacGyver
| "Trumbo's World"
|-
| Amazing Stories
| "Mr. Magic"
|-
|rowspan=5| 1985–1988
|rowspan=5| The Equalizer
| "Desperately"
|-
| "Dead Drop"
|-
| "Shades of Darkness"
|-
| "Tip on a Sure Thing"
|-
| "Riding the Elephant"
|-
|rowspan=2| 1986
| CBS Schoolbreak Special
| "Have You Tried Talking to Patty?"
|-
| Downtown
| "Pilot"
|-
|rowspan=2| 1986–1987
|rowspan=2| L.A. Law
| "The Venus Butterfly"
|-
| "The Douglas Fur Ball"
|-
|rowspan=4| 1987
| Private Eye
| "Nicky the Rose"
|-
|rowspan=3| The Oldest Rookie
| "At the End of the Long Arm Is the Glad Hand"
|-
| "Blue Flu"
|-
| "Expert Witness"
|-
|rowspan=3| 1992
|rowspan=2| The Heights
| "Talk to an Angel"
|-
| "On the Nickel"
|-
| Picket Fences
| "Remembering Rosemary"
|-
| 1995
| Chicago Hope
| "Rise from the Dead"
|-
| 1997
| Players
| "Con Job"
|-
| 1999
| Snoops
| "Blood Lines"
|-
| 2000
| Opposite Sex
| "Pilot"
|-
|rowspan=5| 2015
|rowspan=5| Chicago Med
| "Mistaken"
|-
| "Reunion"
|-
| "Hearts"
|-
| "On Shaky Ground"
|-
| "What You Don't Know"
|-
|rowspan=3| 2017
|rowspan=3| Chicago Justice
| "Fake"
|-
| "Double Helix"
|-
| "Lily's Law"
|-
|rowspan=2| 2018
|rowspan=2| The Kominsky Method
| "Chapter 3. A Prostate Enlarges"
|-
| "Chapter 7. A String Is Attached"
|-
| 2019
| Chicago P.D.
| "Good Men"
|}